Title :
Optical Transceivers for Fiber-to-the-Premises Applications: System Requirements and Enabling Technologies
Author :
Huang, Wei-Ping ; Li, Xun ; Xu, Chang-Qing ; Hong, Xiaobin ; Xu, Chenglin ; Liang, Wanguo
Author_Institution :
McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ont.
Abstract :
A comprehensive review of the optical transceivers for fiber-to-the-premises applications is presented, with emphasis on system requirements and enabling technologies. Recent progress in photonic integration to realize low-cost, high-performance, and compact optical transceivers for the optical network terminal is reviewed
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical receivers; optical transmitters; transceivers; fiber-to-the-premises applications; optical network terminal; optical transceivers; passive optical network; photonic integration; Bandwidth; Broadband communication; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Optical signal processing; Passive optical networks; Photonics; Transceivers; Fiber-to-the-premises (FTTPs); optical network terminal (ONT); optical transceiver; passive optical network (PON);
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2006.888482
